CLODOVIL has been a stalwart at Rathasker Stud since he retired to stud in 2004. A classic-winning son of Danehill (Danzig), he beat Catcher In The Rye to win the French 2000 Guineas, fulfilling the promise he had shown as a two-year-old when he won both his starts, one of them over four and a half furlongs!

His three wins in his second season also included the Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau over a mile and he ran fifth in both the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes and the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. He is the best of half a dozen winners for his Linamix (Mendez) dam Clodora and she won the Group 2 Prix de l’Opera at three.